A driver fled the scene Wednesday afternoon after her car hit a 12-year-old child who was walking home from school in Little Rock, authorities said.

The driver, identified as 22-year-old Estefana De Maria Garza-Alarcon, was arrested on a traffic stop a short time later, Little Rock Police Lt. Sidney Allen said in a statement. She faces charges of failing to stop at an injury accident and driving without a license.

The 12-year-old was taken to Arkansas Children's Hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Allen said the child was in stable condition.

Police say the hit-and-run happened about 4:30 p.m. at Baseline and Oman roads.

"A 12 year old child was lying in the street and it appeared that he had been hit by a blue Chevrolet Aveo," Allen said in the statement. "The driver saw the officers, then got into her car a left the scene."

The first officer on scene stayed with the unconscious child. The fleeing car was stopped a short time later at Baseline and Chicot roads, police said.

Garza-Alarcon remained in the Pulaski County jail Thursday morning with bail not yet set.

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Drivers without a license are all-too-common in that part of Little Rock. And there is a common thread tying most of them together... their immigration status. Yet LR police (thanks to the Mayor's office) have decided to do nothing about it.

Deport Never to return I hope. Also I can almost assure you 100% she has no insurance on the car too and someone else will be resonsible for the medical bills. I hope the 12 year old recovers quickly. Be sure to vote for our government representive who supports Amnesty for people like ths that run over our kids & keep going. How does anyone from any background run over a 12 year old & keep going ?????

" "The driver saw the officers, then got into her car a left the scene."".So...she DID stop. But then apparently got spooked by the officers. So, I'd agree we're probably looking at a questionable legal status, but doesn't sound like she ran the kid over and kept just going.